Zombie Rennaissance

Rating: 8/10 (19 November 2004)

Danny Boyle did a good thing here. He brought back the zombie movie. I know, technically Resident Evil came out before 28 Days Later, but that one doesn't count. 28 Days Later showed those tepid Studios that zombies are scary, and that people have an appetite for zombie flicks.
Dawn of the Dead got remade, and it gave George Romero a B-12 shot right where he needed it. Now we've got the Diamond Dead to look forward to, and a host of other zombie fare in the near future. Now, I know this isn't your typical zombie flick, it's more about a virus.
Same thing though, really. This movie was a gritty, in your face kind of movie and the first half hour is about as tense as anything I've seen. The ending fell apart for me a little, or more accurately just started to feel like a different movie. All in all though, this thing made me jump in the theater, and was something that has stayed on my list of top 50 great horror movies.